Lifshits' ontognoseology as a version of lenin's theory of reflection

Elena Mareeva

pp. 295-305

in: Andrey Maidansky, Vesa Oittinen (eds), Mikhail Lifshits, Studies in East European Thought 68 (4), 2016.

Abstract

In Soviet philosophy, two versions of Lenin's theory of reflection are represented respectively by Mikhail Lifshits and Todor Pavlov. They both isolate and juxtapose two dialectical elements: reflection and creativity. Within this methodological dilemma, Lifshits's ontognoseology is an original doctrine of our "mirror" attitude to the world whereby material being is the true subject, while man is a tool of its self-reflection.

Cited authors

Lifshits Mikhail